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Scottish rugby commentator praises England’s coach at the Holt RFC Annual Dinner

Scottish rugby commentator praises England’s coach at the Holt RFC Annual Dinner

Joanna Storey3 Nov 2017 - 17:26
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Traditional auction of a sugar beet raises £1300!!

Holt is rebuilding and enjoying success at all levels on the field.
- Ashley Woods, Club Captain

Article by Martyn Sloman:

Ian Robertson, the BBC rugby commentator and broadcaster, was this year’s guest speaker at the Holt Rugby Annual Dinner held on November 2nd at Bridge Road. In an entertaining and amusing presentation he made some serious points about the game across the world. In particular, he spoke of his pride at being the only Rugby journalist to have interviewed Nelson Mandela immediately before the 1995 South African victory in the Rugby World Cup.
Somewhat controversially he described England’s Eddie Jones and Ireland’s Joe Schmidt as the two outstanding coaches in Northern Hemisphere rugby – and was clearly less impressed with the last Lion’s coach Warren Gatland of Wales.
Over 160 people attended the dinner and the supporting speeches by Club President Paul Williams and First XV captain Ashley Woods emphasised that Holt is is good shape. As Woods put it “Holt is rebuilding and enjoying success at all levels on the field. Importantly we are inspiring the next generation of young players”. Paul Williams said that the club was punching above its weight and would continue to do so.
Following the tradition introduced by Past President John Ross, whose son Andrew organised this year’s event, there was an auction of a giant sugar beet for club funds: this year the winning bid was £1300. The Chum Preston cup for the biggest contribution on or off the field was awarded to Club Secretary Joanna Storey; amongst many other contributions she has managed the redesign and relaunch of the Club’s website.
Thank you to our sponsors for the dinner, Diem Legal & Hayes & Storr

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